breshkamadh

Albanian

Etymology

From breshkë (“turtle”) +‎ -a- +‎ i madh (“big”).

Adjective

breshkamadh (feminine breshkamadhe)

1. with lumps on one's neck, scrofulous; common as a general insult

Noun

breshkamadh m (plural breshkamëdhenj) (derogatory, World War II)

1. Italian invader

   Synonym: breshkaman

2. Italian invaders (collectively)

   Synonym: breshkaman

Derived terms

• breshkamadhe

 

Further reading

• “breshkamadh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “breshkamadh”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary